spring-standards vs patchwork — Codebase Conventions for AI Agents
spring-standards is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by alexanderCanon. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). patchwork — Codebase Conventions for AI Agents is an MCP server published by SaiNarayana-B. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-16. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  spring-standards |  patchwork — Codebase Conventions for AI Agents |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.1.7 Downloads/month (PyPI): 108 Downloads/week (PyPI): 17 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | spring-standards | patchwork — Codebase Conventions for AI Agents |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) | 0 | 0 |
| Forks (GitHub) | 0 | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (patchwork-conventions) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 1 | Not a bundle |
| Licence | Not stated | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/alexandercanon/spring-standards | github.com/sainarayana-b/patchwork |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-12 | 2026-10-11 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more marketplaces, a larger figure of the same marketplace, a fresher release, a verified mark on a marketplace that lists both), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Where it runs, the transport, the tools, the settings, hooks, the bundle's parts, the licence and the week's changes are marked only as different: more or fewer is not better in itself.
What each says it does
spring-standards
What It Does When you work on a Spring Boot project with Claude Code, this plugin enforces: Hexagonal architecture with clear domain/application/infrastructure separation Feature-oriented package structure instead of framework-driven sprawl Explicit layer rules — domain never depends on Spring, JPA entities stay in infrastructure, controllers delegate to use cases API design standards — OpenAPI, consistent error contracts, validation at all levels Security baseline — deny-by-default, least privilege, protected actuators Testing strategy — unit, integration, contract, and non-functional tests with Testcontainers Observability — structured logging, trace IDs, metrics, health endpoints Database discipline — Flyway migrations, no Hibernate DDL in production The skill automatically detects whether your project is a modular monolith or microservices system and loads the appropriate guide.
patchwork — Codebase Conventions for AI Agents
Scan any codebase, generate CONVENTIONS.md, expose conventions as MCP tools for AI agents.
How to run each
spring-standards As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install spring-standards@claude-communitypatchwork — Codebase Conventions for AI Agents As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --transport stdio patchwork -- uvx patchwork-conventionsCommands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: spring-standards · What it can do: patchwork — Codebase Conventions for AI Agents · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.